Politician doles out N5m to 500 indigent senior citizens in Ekiti ~ Sportty

Politician doles out N5m to 500 indigent senior citizens in Ekiti

500 indigent senior citizens of have been empowered with N5 million cash at N10,000 each.

The empowerment was initiated by a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

The APC chieftain also distributed food stuff such as 100 bags of rice, 50 bags of wheat, 25 bags of semovita amongst others.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, Mr Makinde Araoye, on Tuesday gave N5 million to 500 indigent elderly persons in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that each of the beneficiaries received N10,000.

Araoye also distributed 100 bags of rice, 50 bags of wheat and 25 bags of Semovita to indigent persons.

Speaking at the event which took place at Emure-Ekiti, Araoye said he had started the initiative– Makinde Araoye Social Security Scheme– in his Ilawe-Ekiti country home in 2011.